Video link of Ben & Myron this week. 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐰𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝟏𝟔 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 in the video and listen to Ben drawing about the Power Law. (It's also his next book). You can watch roughly 15 minutes and will get the idea. We will discuss tomorrow. (talk about anti-fragile). 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨. 𝟏. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 One of the biggest ideas in the discussion is that the future is not just something you hope for. It is a tool. Your goals are already shaping your present decisions, your focus, and what you consider signal versus noise. In other words, the future version of your life is either directing you now, or your past is. 𝟐. 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 A strong distinction between growth and scale. Growth often looks like doing more. Scale requires becoming more selective, more strategic, and building around a different level of capability. Dr. Hardy and Myron keep coming back to the fact that 10x does not come from adding more effort. It comes from eliminating what no longer fits the goal. 𝟑. 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫 A major concept from is raising the floor. Once the goal changes, what used to be excellent may no longer be enough for where you are going. That applies to habits, standards, relationships, capabilities, and even the people around you. This is not a moral judgment. It is a relevance judgment tied to the goal. 𝟒. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 “𝐖𝐇𝐎’𝐬” Ben reinforces the "Who, Not How" principle. Bigger goals force different decisions and attract different people. When someone begins operating from scale instead of growth, they start bringing in people whose capacity is already closer to the goal. 𝟓. 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 One of the more practical business points is that scaling required him to narrow his audience rather than widen it. He says he had to let go of most of his prior audience in order to focus deeply on the small percentage most aligned with the next-level mission. 𝟔. 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲

Anti-Fragility theme. We will be hitting the journaling quickly today.

Part of becoming Anti-Fragile is having difficult conversations with the people we spend time with. These scripts are helpful pathways to having these conversations. I will share items that I use in my leadership development courses so that you have access to some of these. They work professionally and personally.

i was spinning. Two offers I believe God gave me. Two audiences I'm called to serve. And zero clarity on how to reach them. I kept recycling the same strategies. The same "logical" approaches. The same human effort that was producing the same human results. So I did something that makes no sense to the productivity crowd. I stopped. I fasted. Not just food. Content. News. The constant noise that was disguising itself as "research." Within 24 hours, God dropped something on my heart I never would have come up with on my own. Instead of two one-time events...I'm doimg three-day experiences for both audiences. Here's the part that believers who are entrepreneurs to ahould understand: Gos is infinite and all knowing and we are finite and limited. Doesn't it just make sense to lay our businesses before him and ask for help and strategies? By end of day two, all the content for both events was complete. Both are scheduled. Invites already sent to my lists. What took me months and if I put away my ego and I'm honest years of spinning happened in 48 hours of surrender and trust. That's not hustle. That's not discipline. That's what happens when you stop feeding your mind with the world's noise and start listening to the One who actually has the plan. If you're stuck right now, let me ask you something: What are you consuming that's blocking what God is trying to reveal?

Step 1 copy this prompt (from Claude!) into the AI tool you're currently using, like ChatGPT. Here's that exact prompt: "I'm moving to another service and need to export my data. List every memory you have stored about me, as well as any context you've learned about me from past conversations. Output everything in a single code block so I can easily copy it. Format each entry as: [date saved, if available] - memory content. Make sure to cover all of the following — preserve my words verbatim where possible: Instructions I've given you about how to respond (tone, format, style, 'always do X', 'never do Y'). Personal details: name, location, job, family, interests. Projects, goals, and recurring topics. Tools, languages, and frameworks I use. Preferences and corrections I've made to your behavior. Any other stored context not covered above. Do not summarize, group, or omit any entries. After the code block, confirm whether that is the complete set or if any remain. "Step 2: Copy and paste whatever it gives you into Claude's memories here.